1976 Houston Astros Statistics

1975 Season 1977 Season

Record: 80-82-0, Finished 3rd in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bill Virdon (80-82)

General Manager: Tal Smith

Ballpark: Astrodome

Attendance: 886,146 (9th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 91
One-year: Batting - 86, Pitching - 86

Pythagorean W-L: 77-85, 625 Runs, 657 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Ed Herrmann*	29	79	296	265	14	54	8	0	3	25	0	0	22	40	.204	.273	.268	.541	61	71	6	4	3	2	2
2	1B	Bob Watson	30	157	662	585	76	183	31	3	16	102	3	3	62	64	.313	.377	.458	.835	147	268	12	4	2	9	10
3	2B	Rob Andrews	23	109	449	410	42	105	8	5	0	23	7	3	33	27	.256	.312	.300	.612	82	123	16	0	5	0	1
4	SS	Roger Metzger#	28	152	543	481	37	101	13	8	0	29	1	1	52	63	.210	.286	.270	.556	66	130	11	0	8	2	10
5	3B	Enos Cabell	26	144	622	586	85	160	13	7	2	43	35	8	29	79	.273	.309	.329	.638	89	193	13	2	3	2	1
6	LF	José Cruz*	28	133	496	439	49	133	21	5	4	61	28	11	53	46	.303	.377	.401	.777	131	176	6	0	2	2	5
7	CF	César Cedeño	25	150	635	575	89	171	26	5	18	83	58	15	55	51	.297	.357	.454	.811	139	261	16	1	0	4	9
8	RF	Greg Gross*	23	128	501	426	52	122	12	3	0	27	2	6	64	39	.286	.375	.329	.704	110	140	8	0	5	6	3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Cliff Johnson	28	108	384	318	36	72	21	2	10	49	0	0	62	59	.226	.359	.399	.759	125	127	9	4	0	0	6
10	LF	Leon Roberts	25	87	260	235	31	68	11	2	7	33	1	0	19	43	.289	.347	.443	.790	133	104	2	3	1	2	1
11	OF	Wilbur Howard#	27	94	201	191	26	42	7	2	1	18	7	5	7	28	.220	.245	.293	.538	59	56	5	0	1	2	1
12	2B	Larry Milbourne#	25	59	161	145	22	36	4	0	0	7	6	1	14	10	.248	.319	.276	.595	77	40	3	1	1	0	0
13	3B	Ken Boswell*	30	91	137	126	12	33	8	1	0	18	1	0	8	8	.262	.301	.341	.643	90	43	8	0	1	2	2
14	MI	Jerry DaVanon	30	61	130	107	19	31	3	3	1	20	0	2	21	12	.290	.408	.402	.810	141	43	2	1	0	1	1
15	C	Skip Jutze	30	42	97	92	7	14	2	3	0	6	0	0	4	16	.152	.186	.239	.425	25	22	2	0	0	1	0
16	MI	Alex Taveras	20	14	48	46	3	10	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	1	.217	.250	.217	.467	39	10	2	0	0	0	0
17	IF	Art Howe	29	21	35	29	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	.138	.286	.172	.458	38	5	1	0	0	0	1
18	OF	Al Javier	22	8	26	24	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.208	.269	.208	.478	43	5	1	0	0	0	1
19	LF	Rich Chiles*	26	5	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	267	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	J.R. Richard	26	39	105	100	6	14	1	0	2	9	0	0	0	33	.140	.146	.210	.356	4	21	0	1	1	2	0
21	P	Larry Dierker	29	28	69	64	3	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	20	.141	.136	.188	.324	-5	12	1	0	3	2	0
22	P	Joaquín Andújar#	23	28	61	57	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	29	.140	.169	.158	.327	-3	9	0	0	2	0	0
23	P	Dan Larson	21	14	34	31	5	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	3	.290	.313	.387	.700	106	12	0	0	2	0	0
24	P	Joe Niekro	31	36	32	27	1	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	8	.185	.214	.370	.585	71	10	0	0	4	0	0
25	P	Mike Cosgrove*	25	22	30	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.087	.160	.087	.247	-25	2	0	0	5	0	0
26	P	Bo McLaughlin	22	17	23	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.095	.000	.095	-70	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	P	Gil Rondón	22	19	16	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	70	4	1	0	2	0	0
28	P	Ken Forsch	29	52	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	-22	1	1	0	2	0	0
29	P	Joe Sambito*	24	20	12	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.222	.417	.222	.639	93	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Mark Lemongello	20	4	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	-65	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Tom Griffin	28	20	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	-47	0	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Gene Pentz	23	40	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	61	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Mike Barlow*	28	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
34	P	Paul Siebert*	23	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Larry Hardy	28	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	José Sosa	23	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.7	162	6113	5464	625	1401	195	50	66	571	150	57	530	719	.256	.322	.347	.669	98	1894	127	21	57	39	54
		Rank in 12 NL teams				7	5	5	11	4	10		2	7	5	2	5	4	8	6		8		10		11
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.8	162	5687	5084	602	1346	190	49	62	546	150	57	515	597	.265	.333	.358	.691	105	1820	123	20	32	35	54
		Pitcher Totals	25.5	162	426	380	23	55	5	1	4	25	0	0	15	122	.145	.178	.195	.372	10	74	4	1	25	4	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	J.R. Richard	26	20	15	.571	2.75	39	39	0	14	3	0	291.0	221	105	89	14	151	4	214	4	2	13	1218	116	3.39	1.278	6.8	0.4	4.7	6.6	1.42
2	SP	Larry Dierker	29	13	14	.481	3.69	28	28	0	7	4	0	187.2	171	85	77	9	72	6	112	6	2	12	790	87	3.31	1.295	8.2	0.4	3.5	5.4	1.56
3	SP	Joaquín Andújar	23	9	10	.474	3.60	28	25	1	9	4	0	172.1	163	74	69	8	75	2	59	1	5	1	729	89	3.87	1.381	8.5	0.4	3.9	3.1	0.79
4	SP	Dan Larson	21	5	8	.385	3.02	13	13	0	5	0	0	92.1	81	40	31	3	28	1	42	1	2	1	379	106	3.09	1.181	7.9	0.3	2.7	4.1	1.50
5	SP	Mike Cosgrove*	25	3	4	.429	5.52	22	16	1	1	1	0	89.2	106	63	55	6	58	2	34	2	0	5	425	58	4.75	1.829	10.6	0.6	5.8	3.4	0.59
6	SP	Bo McLaughlin	22	4	5	.444	2.85	17	11	3	4	2	1	79.0	71	31	25	6	17	1	32	2	0	2	315	113	3.53	1.114	8.1	0.7	1.9	3.6	1.88
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Ken Forsch	29	4	3	.571	2.15	52	0	46	0	0	19	92.0	76	23	22	5	26	7	49	2	1	2	372	149	3.19	1.109	7.4	0.5	2.5	4.8	1.88
8	RP	Joe Niekro	31	4	8	.333	3.36	36	13	5	0	0	0	118.0	107	60	44	8	56	1	77	1	0	8	515	95	3.66	1.381	8.2	0.6	4.3	5.9	1.38
9	RP	Gene Pentz	23	3	3	.500	2.97	40	0	25	0	0	5	63.2	62	26	21	5	31	2	36	1	0	2	279	108	4.03	1.461	8.8	0.7	4.4	5.1	1.16
10	RP	Joe Sambito*	24	3	2	.600	3.54	20	4	8	1	1	1	53.1	45	21	21	4	14	1	26	0	0	2	207	91	3.42	1.106	7.6	0.7	2.4	4.4	1.86
11	RP	Tom Griffin	28	5	3	.625	6.05	20	2	2	0	0	0	41.2	44	29	28	4	37	2	33	1	0	3	201	53	5.03	1.944	9.5	0.9	8.0	7.1	0.89
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Gil Rondón	22	2	2	.500	5.70	19	7	3	0	0	0	53.2	70	37	34	6	39	0	21	0	0	2	264	56	5.48	2.031	11.7	1.0	6.5	3.5	0.54
13		Mark Lemongello	20	3	1	.750	2.79	4	4	0	1	0	0	29.0	26	12	9	2	7	2	9	0	0	0	122	116	3.63	1.138	8.1	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.29
14		Paul Siebert*	23	0	2	.000	3.16	19	0	6	0	0	0	25.2	29	10	9	0	18	7	10	1	0	1	124	103	4.07	1.831	10.2	0.0	6.3	3.5	0.56
15		Mike Barlow	28	2	2	.500	4.50	16	0	7	0	0	0	22.0	27	13	11	0	17	1	11	0	0	1	107	72	3.95	2.000	11.0	0.0	7.0	4.5	0.65
16		Larry Hardy	28	0	0		7.06	15	0	11	0	0	3	21.2	34	19	17	2	10	2	10	0	0	1	106	46	4.29	2.031	14.1	0.8	4.2	4.2	1.00
17		José Sosa	23	0	0		6.94	9	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	16	9	9	0	6	2	5	3	0	1	60	48	4.09	1.886	12.3	0.0	4.6	3.9	0.83
		Team Totals	25.6	80	82	.494	3.56	162	162	120	42	15	29	1444.1	1349	657	571	82	662	43	780	25	12	57	6213	90	3.72	1.392	8.4	0.5	4.1	4.9	1.18
		Rank in 12 NL teams		6	7		7				5	3	6	9	3	6	5	2	12		7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W